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Liberating Public Lands
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Liberating Public Lands

By Jon Hersey

May 21, 2019
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Federal and state governments control more than one-third of all land in America. What distinguishes these more than 785 million acres of “public lands” from the rest—including the land your home sits on—is that, at some point, the government decided only it could ensure that these lands would be used wisely.

Presumably, most people want the remaining tw…

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